Amish representatives fly to Israel

Amish society is a curiosity for most of us, a quaint reminder of a bygone age before electricity, telephones, motor vehicles, computers or any of the myriad of modern conveniences we rely on.  In small rural communities in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa it is not uncommon to see members of the Amish community traveling by horse and buggy or to see them toiling in the fields behind their horse drawn plows and wagons.   The Jerusalem Post brings us a heart-warming story of a group of delegates from the Amish communities in America and Switzerland who made an inspiring journey to Israel.  Leaving centuries of tradition behind, the Amish representatives boarded airplanes for their trip to the Holy Land. On Saturday night the group paid a visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall where they asked the Jewish people for forgiveness for their silence during the Holocaust. According to an announcement issued by the office of Rabbi of the Western...(Read Full Post)